# Allowing commands from un-logged-in users

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:46:10 PST

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    Judy Anderson writes:
    > -- Removed test that caused commands from disconnected users to be discarded.
    >    (Thanks to Nate Massey for asking the question that led to this.)
    >
    > Bummer.  Now when I type @recycle #1 by mistake in the midst of
    > LambdaLag, I get to just sit back and let fate take its predestined
    > course.  I really *have* disconnected in a hurry when I've typed
    > something I didn't mean, though it wasn't as disastrous as @recycle #1.

    It was once suggested (by KMP, I think) that there be a way in the server to
    flush all unprocessed input on your connection.  I could certainly add a new
    built-in `.flush' command to do that, but I'm concerned about quoting issues:
    what if you really wanted to enter `.flush' as input to a MOO program?  The
    problem is that this special command I'd add would have to work at the I/O
    level of the server, since by definition it can't wait until its turn comes up
    in the user's command queue.

    Suggestions?

    	Pavel